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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fisher College of Business community worked together to make the transition to online curriculum delivery a successful one. Hear from faculty members and students about the sudden adjustment to distance learning.

Fisher student Aaron Westbrook recognized a need and addressed it. Today, his company Form5 Prosthetics has shifted its operations to producing protective face shields for health care workers.

As countries around the world reacted in real-time to the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, staff and faculty members working with Fisher’s Office of Global Business (OGB) quickly found themselves leading responses that would directly impact the safety and educational well-being of dozens of students.

Despite government changing advice on wearing masks, few people are warming to the new advice in Columbus. This might be the norm for a while, said Grant Donnelly, an assistant professor of marketing at Fisher who has researched how public campaigns and messages influence public behavior. “Effective messaging requires consistent messaging to instill trust.”

With campus closed and much of the world sheltering in place because of the coronavirus outbreak, first-year business student Kexin (Cathy) Qian decided to leave Ohio State for her home in Guangzhou, China. Three weeks after boarding a plane at John Glenn International Airport, she finally made it. 

Facing a pandemic is stressful enough by itself, but many Americans must deal with losing their employment on top of health concerns. To help guide Americans in this time of crisis, WalletHub turned to a panel of experts, including Joseph A. Alutto, distinguished professor, emeritus, in the Department of Management and Human Resources.

Meet Jordan Sibley, a "motivating, God-fearing, self-driven, responsible individual who intends to uplift and create change.” Sibley was named one of the Poets&Quants’ Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2020.

“My two greatest passions are Latin American studies and the Real Housewives franchise.” Learn even more about Jaret Waters, who was selected by Poets&Quants’ as one of its Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2020. 

In addition to producing bourbon, gin and other liquors, Columbus distillery Watershed is now making and selling its own hand sanitizer. Owner Greg Lehman (BSBA '01) says it's the company's way of keeping people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic while also bringing back employees who had been laid off.

From disaster preparedness to public health concerns to the cost faced by insurance companies, a panel discussion recently  brought together leaders from throughout Ohio State and beyond to examine the wide-ranging impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and how the university is joining the fight against it.

Michael Knemeyer, professor of logistics at Fisher, says until companies are able to synchronize supply and demand, the current COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be problematic for global supply chains. 

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed never-before-seen focus and demand on global supply chains. Michael Knemeyer, professor of logistics at Fisher, says that while the disruption has been unprecedented, supply chains will become more resilient because of lessons learned from the pandemic.

Hard working, academically talented and naturally curious, Sarah Boylan has always placed a premium on education. Check out her journey to becoming an engineer at Acura, and how a business leadership certification she earned at Fisher is complementing her engineering skills at the auto manufacturer.

More than a dozen students with a passion for research were invited to showcase their efforts at a special competition.

James Hill, chair of Fisher's Department of Management Sciences, says that although the supply chain is set up to handle increases in orders, panic buying, such as the kind seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, tends to drive up production, labor and logistics costs for manufacturers, who then pass that cost on to the distributors.

Fisher College of Business recently hosted sixth-grade students from Livingston Elementary School for the inaugural Rising Leaders Youth Program. The event was designed to introduce the next generation of leaders to Ohio State and to business-specific topics such as personal branding.

When a crisis occurs, people's survival instincts kick in; they go into a sort of panic mode and start hoarding — toilet paper? Yunhui Huang, assistant professor of marketing, weighs in on how external factors such as disease influence consumer decision making and preferences. 

As personalized advertising continues to evolve, consumers are increasingly dictating what ads they want and when they see them. Rebecca Walker Reczek, the Dr. H. Lee “Buck” Mathews Professor of Marketing at Fisher, says the more options people have to choose their entertainment, the harder it gets for brands to reach a large audience all at once.

Fisher College of Business recognized the many contributions of its top students, educators and leaders at the college’s 2020 Pace Setters Awards event.

The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), a global leader in lean thinking and practice, announced the appointment of Peter Ward, a professor at Fisher College of Business who has developed graduate-level programs in lean management, as its chairman.

See how MBA student Anthony Unger is putting his data analysis skills and his involvement with the service-oriented Fisher Board Fellows organization to work to improve efficiency at the Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry in Columbus.

The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation is making its largest-ever gift to The Ohio State University – $10 million to support dementia and leukemia research, cancer drug development, health and wellness initiatives for student-athletes and scholarships for graduate business students at Fisher.

See how some of the talented students and members of the MBA Class of 2021 are benefiting from the unique experiences and career differentiators that are a part of Fisher's redesigned Full-Time MBA program.

Two Ohio State University engineering professors are embarking on a trip halfway around the world in search of clean water to meet the needs of villages in Tanzania, Africa. Dave Williams and